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Specifically, the CDC defines close contact as "Being within approximately 6 feet of a COVID-19 case for a prolonged period of time.” That's because the viral particles travel between people in tiny droplets or saliva and mucus, which typically spread 3 to 5 feet. In the past, infection-control professionals have defined "Close contact" as 3 feet that was the CDC's recommended distance for people during the SARS outbreak. The agency has doubled that for the coronavirus, since it is possible for droplets to travel up to 6 feet. How the coronavirus spreads Scientists think the new coronavirus is carried in liquid droplets more than 5 micrometers in diameter. The common cold, which is also a coronavirus, travels in these big, wet droplets, too. Scientists aren't sure whether the coronavirus also travels in smaller, drier droplets known as aerosols. Even if the coronavirus does travel in aerosols it's not the main mechanism of transmission. The best ways to avoid getting sick The best ways to avoid getting the coronavirus, according to the CDC, are to wash your hands frequently and avoid touching your face. The CDC suggests that anyone who might come into close contact with people who have COVID-19 take additional precautions , such as wearing a mask. While masks are not recommended for the general US public, people caring for confirmed coronavirus patients in medical settings or at home should wear them. The CDC recommends that people exhibiting flu-like symptoms stay home. The coronavirus has infected more than 89,000 people and killed more than 3,000 in total. The US has reported nearly 100 coronavirus cases and six deaths. NOW WATCH: Pathologists debunk 13 coronavirus myths. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
Coronavirus: Twitter tells staff to work from home
Twitter has told its employees to work from home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. In a blog post, the social media giant said it was mandatory for staff in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea to work remotely. The company also said it was "Strongly encouraging" all of its 5,000 employees around the world to not come into work. It comes a day after the firm banned all non-essential business travel and events for its workers. The company had already announced that it was pulling out of this month's South by Southwest media conference in Austin, Texas. Twitter's head of human resources Jennifer Christie said: "Our goal is to lower the probability of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus for us – and the world around us.” The post also highlighted that Twitter has been developing ways to work from home for some time: "While this is a big change for us, we have already been moving towards a more distributed workforce that's increasingly remote. We're a global service and we're committed to enabling anyone, anywhere to work at Twitter.” Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey has long-supported remote working and in November announced plans to live in Africa for up to six months of this year. The move is similar to measures put in place by many companies in Asia as the virus sweeps the region, but goes further than most big American businesses as they respond to the outbreak. Other leading technology companies, including Facebook and Google, have postponed or cancelled conferences in the US. Facebook has also joined Twitter by pulling out of South by Southwest. Staff at Google's European headquarters in Dublin will work from home on Tuesday as the company tests its preparedness for a potential outbreak in Ireland, but most of the 8,000 workers are expected to return to their desks on Wednesday. At the same time companies, including telecoms operator A&T and banking giant Citigroup, have restricted international travel, especially to Asia. The announcement comes as deaths due to the coronavirus around the world have passed 3,000 as the outbreak spreads from Asia to the US, Europe and the Middle East. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
Airbnb may delay its public float to 2021 as coronavirus sends shivers through the market [ARTICLE]
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According to Bloomberg, the online rentals firm has been working toward an IPO and was looking to start the process around March or April. Anonymous sources told the publication that its stock market debut could get pushed back. Airbnb has struggled of late, reportedly losing $322 million in the first 9 months of 2019 compared with a $200 million profit during the same period a year prior. Other companies reported to have put their IPOs on hold because of the coronavirus include recording label giant Warner Music Group and major private equity firm Carlyle Group. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Coronavirus fears could delay Airbnb's planned IPO until next year. According to Bloomberg , the online rentals firm has been working toward an IPO and was looking to start the process around March or April. Airbnb has faced difficulties of late, reportedly losing $322 million in the first 9 months of 2019 compared with a $200 million profit during the same period a year prior. Founded in 2008, Airbnb provides a platform that connects people willing to rent out their homes to guests looking for cheap accommodation, collecting a fee of about 15% from guests and hosts. To date, it has more than 7 million listings in more than 100,000 cities across over 200 countries and regions. It's possible Airbnb's rapid ascent to global popularity is a problem in itself. The firm is struggling to scale prudently, having spent $150 million on improving the safety of its platform, triggered by the discover of scam listings and bad guest behavior. It's also incurred increased overhead expenses and sales and marketing costs. Airbnb isn't the only major firm contemplating coronavirus-induced IPO delays. SEE ALSO: Airbnb reportedly lost $322 million in the first 9 months of 2019, and it could mean a bumpier path to going public. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
CEO of EndPoint Homeopathic Clinic Builds a 6-Classroom Modern Day Care Centre for University of Education-Winneba
Dr. Adu Boateng who is an alumnus of University of Education identified one of the biggest problems facing students who become mothers while studying at the university; and that was female students dropping out of school by virtue of becoming mothers because they had nobody to take care of their new-born babies while they attend lectures. At the 9th anniversary of the institution's Childhood Care Education Students Association of Ghana, an event he chaired, Dr. Boateng promised to help solve the problem by building a day care centre for the Department to enable mothers who double as students leave their kids to be taken care of at the on-campus Day Care centre. True to his words, Dr. Adu Boateng has single-handedly funded the construction of the Day Care Centre furnished with an office, a resource centre, and toilet facilities to its completion. According to the multiple award-winning medical practitioner and philanthropist, it's his wish to see many women pursue higher education. He said one of the hindrances to women achieving this feat is as a result of childbirth, even for those who are already studying in tertiary institutions. "In most cases, the moment a female student gives birth, she is presented with the difficult choice of truncating her studies to take care of her child. This doesn't help. I thought of a way to put an end to this, and one of the ways is building this Day Care centre. Once a student gives birth, her ward can be at the centre while the mother concentrates fully during lectures," he added. Dr. Boateng who regards the Day Care Centre to be his small contribution to solving a bigger nationwide educational problem mentioned that "This is my alma mater and with time, I will even do more" to help with the education of those who will also pass through this place. Dr. Adu Boateng is a donor to many Ghanaian charitable organisations and also operates an in-house charitable initiative of reaching out and helping the poor in society. Recently, he donated several items including bags of rice, cartons of milk, washing powder, toiletries, cooking oil, diapers, and drinks amounting to thousands of Ghana cedis to the families of children living with cerebral palsy and also made a donation of Ghc 15,000 to the YOA Foundation to support the children living with cerebral palsy. During the same time, he also helped in freeing 20 inmates from the Nsawam Prisons who had been sentenced for committing minor offences like dumping of refuse and urinating at unauthorised places by paying their fines for them. Source | Summary
Critics of gospel music don’t have a clean heart
Nigerian Comedian Buchi and Wife Welcome A Baby Boy
Everyone is becoming a parent and it's really cute to see – from Laura Ikeji to actress Tomi Odunsi and others. Comedian Buchi is the latest to enjoy this baby boom. His wife, Rukky Isede Ojieh, has safely delivered a bouncing baby boy for him. He took to social media to celebrate her and the new baby. Source | Summary
A New York City man wasn’t tested for coronavirus even though he had symptoms and had gone to Japan. It highlights the troublingly limited scope of US testing. [ARTICLE]
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The case points to the CDC's limited capacity for testing, which could leave cases undetected. He'd recently returned from a business trip to Japan, where at least 230 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus. The CDC denied the hospital's request to test for the coronavirus, the man told Business Insider, because his condition wasn't severe enough to hospitalize him. The case highlights a major hurdle for containing the new coronavirus in the US: Testing capacities are still limited. Limited testing capacities mean cases like this can go undiagnosed In the hospital, the man said, health workers scanned his chest to check for pneumonia and ordered testing for 20 basic viruses. "She said, basically, if we didn't hospitalize you then you don't meet the criteria that's set by the CDC, which means we can't perform testing through the CDC," he said. The CDC had only tested about 470 people in the US for coronavirus as of Sunday, according to the agency's official count. Overnight, the CDC appears to have removed those testing numbers from its website. Alex Azar, secretary of Department of Health and Human Services, told ABC on Sunday that 3,600 Americans had been tested. "We're still dealing with a test that is limited in its availability, so we still have to prioritize by risk," Bela Matyas, the health officer in Solano County, California, said in a Thursday press conference. In New York city, 10 people have been tested for COVID-19 and another 22 have been tested elsewhere in the state. "In New York state, the person who tested positive was only the 32nd test we've done in this state. That is a national scandal," Matthew McCarthy, a Manhattan physician and an assistant professor of medicine at Cornell, told CNBC on Monday. 'I can't imagine I'm the only one' The man said he's been repeatedly calling the New York State Department of Health to ask if they've changed the criteria or decided to test him, but he has heard nothing from them. "I can't imagine I'm the only one coming back from one of those countries with minor flu-like symptoms," the man said, adding that he thinks New York health officials should have tested far more than eight people by Saturday. "It doesn't make any sense to me that we've only tested eight people. It doesn't make any sense. It's not possible unless there's other people like me who tried to get testing and have been denied testing, and just haven't spoken up about it.” Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
Elon Musk is vowing to support Twitter boss Jack Dorsey against the activist hedge fund trying to oust him [ARTICLE]
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Musk is CEO of two companies Tesla and SpaceX similar to Dorsey, whose role as dual CEO is one of the reasons activist investors are seeking to replace him. Twitter employees have also been voicing their support for Dorsey, using the hashtag #webackjack. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey won a high-profile ally on Monday, as Elon Musk voiced his support for Dorsey amid an escalating battle to oust him from the top job. Dorsey is under attack from billionaire Paul Singer's activist hedge fund Elliott Management, which has amassed a nearly 5% stake in Twitter and is launching a pressure campaign to replace Dorsey in the top job , according to media reports. Elliott will make that case that Dorsey, who is also CEO at Square, is not focused enough on Twitter, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news. Musk is also the chief executive of two companies, wearing the CEO hat at electric car maker Tesla and space exploration company SpaceX. And Musk has a long history of picking fights with financial foes, particularly the short-sellers that have long targeted Tesla's stock. On Monday, Twitter employees rushed to defend their leader, firing off tweets with the hashtag #webackjack. "I can't stand people that make it difficult for good people to do good," wrote one Twitter employee. "With everything going on in the world we deserve more good people.” Earlier this year, Musk made a virtual appearance at a Twitter employee event , telling Dorsey and the audience how he would fix the social network, recommending action against the trolls and bots on the platform. NOW WATCH: Jeff Bezos reportedly just spent $165 million on a Beverly Hills estate here are all the ways the world's richest man makes and spends his money. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
have ties to a nursing home near Seattle. Here’s how the outbreak may have spread in Washington. [ARTICLE]
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Four of the six coronavirus deaths in the US are linked to a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. An outbreak at the facility, called Life Care Center, has infected at least eight residents and one healthcare worker. At least 27 residents and 25 staff members have shown symptoms of the virus, King County public health officer Jeffrey Duchin said on Saturday. Most of the facility's residents are older people with preexisting health problems the demographic most likely to develop severe cases of the virus. The Life Care residents who have died thus far include patients in their 70s and 80s with underlying health problems. A recent study from the Chinese Center for Disease Control found that the risk of dying from the coronavirus is dramatically higher among patients in their 70s and 80s: Patients older than 80 have a 15% chance of dying, while patients in their 70s have an 8% chance of dying. Residents at Life Care share a dining room, barber shop and beauty salon, library, and putting green, according to the center's website. All residents at Life Care were told to stay in their rooms on Friday after some residents began showing symptoms, The New York Times reported. Dubin said the facility has around 108 residents plus around 180 staff. In an online statement on Sunday, Life Care said that any resident with an elevated temperature, cough, or shortness of breath was being placed in isolation. Washington could already have hundreds of cases Health officials have yet to confirm "Patient zero" at the facility, but researchers at the Seattle Flu Study have an idea of how the virus may have spread in Washington. The team predicted that the case was linked to the first patient reported in the US: a 35-year-old man from Snohomish County. One of the study's researchers, Trevor Bedford, tweeted on Saturday that the virus might have been introduced to the Washington community via that first patient on January 15, five days before the patient's diagnosis was publicly announced. "I believe we're facing an already substantial outbreak in Washington State that was not detected until now due to narrow case definition requiring direct travel to China,". As of Sunday, he estimated , the number of infections in Washington may have reached 570. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web
Teni Says As She Talks About Her Relationship With Her Sister Niniola
Nigerian singer Teni has disclosed that she and her sister Niniola are two different people. According to her, her sister Niniola is an introvert and was always seen as the pretty one in the family. She said unlike her sister, she is an extrovert and has always been seen as the 'jaga jaga' type. Speaking in a recent interview, she said her actions aren't intentional as she has always been like that since childhood. Speaking about about her musical career and her dressing, she said she has never been pressured to dress like a girl. She said "It wasn't intentional, I have always been different. Nini has always been the pretty type. Me I have always been the Jaga JagaI'll play basketball, come back home, go back and play soccer then come and play games. I am an extrovert and Nini is more like an introvert. Music made her come out more. We are just two different people.” "But a lot of people are pressured to show their skin because it is to impress the men. But music is not about impressing anyone, music is for the soul, its about the things you can't touch. So my own is to make the music and every other thing will fall in place,". "I'm human and this is how I have chosen to be. To not expose my skin, to just be comfortable with my shirt and shoes, I like to be comfortable. So the most important thing for me is living me and being happy with what I do. As long as I'm not hurting anybody, I don't care what people have to say.” Source | Summary
Happenings In Gold Coast 